Example sentences of "there be [noun] in his [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well the surface weather observer will take temperature , pressure , humidity , erm the wind speed and direction , he will study visibility , he will see whether it 's raining or there are showers in his vicinity , erm study the amount of cloud , the type of cloud above him as he can see it , erm all these details will feed in onto a routine hourly observation . |
| 2 | He has as many selves as he has utterances , virtual or realized , as many selves as there are words in his lexicon , even in the dictionary of his potential language , with each word its aetimology , its phoneyetic fragility and its semiantic sea changes , each word its infinite contiguities and its tall spokes of paradismatic possibilities . |
| 3 | I have watched Nigel on video , and there are flaws in his attack . |
| 4 | Mr Ian Karsten , for the board , told a Bristol University appeal committee hearing that there were passages in his script which were ‘ bizarre and remarkable and which require explanation ’ . |
| 5 | The Romans made much use of it also , its generic name being derived from salvere , to be well , and in the Middle Ages , there was a current Arabic saying : " Why should a man die when there is sage in his garden ? " |
| 6 | ‘ He 's a winner and there is aggression in his game , but he 's now a more mature player who tries to keep out of trouble . ’ |
| 7 | There was sand in his mouth . |
| 8 | Though it trembled , there was music in his voice . |
| 9 | His hands and feet seemed to be constantly moving in almost impossibly splendiferous patterns , his eyes shone like June blackberries and there was music in his voice which seemed to roll up in great hopeful waves from deep in his abdomen . |
| 10 | There was helium in his blood . |
| 11 | The officer looked at him scornfully , but there was pity in his voice as he said quickly , ‘ Shoot him , man ! |
| 12 | ’ But there was doubt in his voice . |
| 13 | ‘ But whether there was gold in his mind or not , whether he was concerned with the dollar parity or not , as soon as he caught sight of the girl waiting seductively under the lamp in front of him , he fell victim to his own undisciplined and obsessive hungers . |
| 14 | There was Pete in his class who really needed to shave twice a day , who had a deep voice and a very hairy chest , and he was a known bender ; and there was Stuart , who could n't look at a cloud or a diagram in TD lessons or even sometimes a house without seeing a version of the female anatomy , and lie was as smooth as a babe . |
| 15 | There was frustration in his voice . |
| 16 | There was nausea in his stomach and sweat was gathering on his forehead . |
| 17 | There was panic in his voice . |
| 18 | There was pride in his voice . |
| 19 | There was pride in his voice . |
| 20 | There was pride in his voice , gratitude and humility . |
| 21 | There was companionship in his silence because it was born of a deep reserve which required help at times to find expression . |
| 22 | But there was respect in his voice as he added , ‘ From where does your great strength come ? |
| 23 | There was disgust in his voice and , much more humiliating , a suggestion of amusement . |
| 24 | There was hatred in his voice now . |
| 25 | He laughed , but there was urgency in his tone nevertheless . |
| 26 | There was blood in his hair . |
| 27 | There was blood in his mouth and one of his teeth was broken . |
| 28 | I saw there was blood in his mouth . |
| 29 | He was dismissive , but he was slightly breathless too ; there was awe in his voice . |
| 30 | There was compassion in his face . |